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“When I conducted my first concert with The Tallis Scholars in 1973 I could not have imagined that we would go on to perform concerts all around the world, or that millions of people would regularly listen to our recordings. We have had the happy ...» More

The music in this third Gimell anthology dedicated to Tallis comes from both early and late in his career. Separated by perhaps forty years it is hard to believe they were all written by the same man.» More

'Never before has Spem in alium, Tallis's great 40-part motet, so closely resembled The Last Judgement as it does in this vast and awesome perf ...'A thrilling large scale performance' (CDReview)» More

Including Spem in alium as featured in 'Fifty Shades of Grey'. The author, E L James, said: 'I am delighted to have introduced so many of my readers to this amazing 16th century piece of music, it is absolutely wonderful and the recording from The ...» More

This volume brings together Tallis’s two masterly settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah and English versions of his best-known Latin motets. The latter reflects the apparition of a repertory of service music in the vernacular, where existing La ...» More

The second of three volumes featuring The Tallis Scholars' finest recordings, one for each decade, and each offering over five hours of the award-winning performances that helped establish Renaissance Polyphony as one of the great repertoires of w ...» More

Ghimel. Judah has gone into exile because of her suffering and the burden of her servitude; she is settled among the heathen and has found no rest.

Daleth. All her pursuers have captured her in the straits; [the streets of Zion] mourn for there are none to attend her ceremonies. All her gates are ruined, her priests sigh and groan; her virgins are afflicted, and she is overwhelmed with bitterness.

Heth. Her enemies are in the ascendant, her adversaries prosper; for the Lord has passed judgement on her for the multitude of her iniquities; her children are led captive before the face of her oppressor.

Ghimel. Judah has gone into exile because of her suffering and the burden of her servitude; she is settled among the heathen and has found no rest.

Daleth. All her pursuers have captured her in the straits; [the streets of Zion] mourn for there are none to attend her ceremonies. All her gates are ruined, her priests sigh and groan; her virgins are afflicted, and she is overwhelmed with bitterness.

Heth. Her enemies are in the ascendant, her adversaries prosper; for the Lord has passed judgement on her for the multitude of her iniquities; her children are led captive before the face of her oppressor.

Ghimel. Judah has gone into exile because of her suffering and the burden of her servitude; she is settled among the heathen and has found no rest.

Daleth. All her pursuers have captured her in the straits; [the streets of Zion] mourn for there are none to attend her ceremonies. All her gates are ruined, her priests sigh and groan; her virgins are afflicted, and she is overwhelmed with bitterness.

Heth. Her enemies are in the ascendant, her adversaries prosper; for the Lord has passed judgement on her for the multitude of her iniquities; her children are led captive before the face of her oppressor.

Ghimel. Judah has gone into exile because of her suffering and the burden of her servitude; she is settled among the heathen and has found no rest.

Daleth. All her pursuers have captured her in the straits; [the streets of Zion] mourn for there are none to attend her ceremonies. All her gates are ruined, her priests sigh and groan; her virgins are afflicted, and she is overwhelmed with bitterness.

Heth. Her enemies are in the ascendant, her adversaries prosper; for the Lord has passed judgement on her for the multitude of her iniquities; her children are led captive before the face of her oppressor.

Ghimel. Judah has gone into exile because of her suffering and the burden of her servitude; she is settled among the heathen and has found no rest.

Daleth. All her pursuers have captured her in the straits; [the streets of Zion] mourn for there are none to attend her ceremonies. All her gates are ruined, her priests sigh and groan; her virgins are afflicted, and she is overwhelmed with bitterness.

Heth. Her enemies are in the ascendant, her adversaries prosper; for the Lord has passed judgement on her for the multitude of her iniquities; her children are led captive before the face of her oppressor.

Ghimel. Judah has gone into exile because of her suffering and the burden of her servitude; she is settled among the heathen and has found no rest.

Daleth. All her pursuers have captured her in the straits; [the streets of Zion] mourn for there are none to attend her ceremonies. All her gates are ruined, her priests sigh and groan; her virgins are afflicted, and she is overwhelmed with bitterness.

Heth. Her enemies are in the ascendant, her adversaries prosper; for the Lord has passed judgement on her for the multitude of her iniquities; her children are led captive before the face of her oppressor.

Daleth. All her pursuers have captured her in the straits; [the streets of Zion] mourn for there are none to attend her ceremonies. All her gates are ruined, her priests sigh and groan; her virgins are afflicted, and she is overwhelmed with bitterness.

Heth. Her enemies are in the ascendant, her adversaries prosper; for the Lord has passed judgement on her for the multitude of her iniquities; her children are led captive before the face of her oppressor.